title: [Case report of endotracheal intubation using AirWay Scope (Pentax-AWS) in a Forestier's disease patient].
abstract: A Forestier's disease patient was scheduled for endoscopic mucosal resection under general anesthesia, because of his hypoxic episode during gastric endoscopy. Endotracheal intubation was planned while awake, because he was suspected as a case of difficult airway. By using AWS, we could easily confirm his larynx and aditus of trachea in spite of his narrow pharynx caused by Forestier's disease. The procedure was successful with no complications. AWS seems to be a useful device for endotracheal intubation in Forestier's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke 329-0498.
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taga
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Norimasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery